What music did you buy today?

[Dan Gould]

20 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Today I broke down and bought the $8.99 download of Joey DeFrancesco's "Home For The Holidays" from Amazon. I wanted the 2-CD set but I've never found an affordable copy and it doesn't make any sense to pay crazy money when I can get it all for $9, even if I don't own a hard copy.

FWIW, these downloaded files sound very good to me.

Haven't you answered your own question of why its never been reissued?

From what you have been posting I assumed this was a super terrific Christmas set and impossible to even hear.

[jlhoots]

The 2 Roland Kirk Resonance CDs that just came out.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

3 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

Haven't you answered your own question of why its never been reissued?

From what you have been posting I assumed this was a super terrific Christmas set and impossible to even hear.

Um... what are you talking about here... are you implying that simply because Amazon is selling the download, there is no need to reissue it on CD? What artists have taken that stance? Are there really artists that only sell downloads now? If true, that's a new one on me.

[Dan Gould]

1 minute ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Um... what are you talking about here... are you implying that simply because Amazon is selling the download, there is no need to reissue it on CD? What artists have taken that stance? Are there really artists that only sell downloads now? If true, that's a new one on me.

Has there ever been a case of jazz Christmas CDs being reissued?  That would be a new one on me.

and yes, d/l available, how many people really care especially for music of such a specialized and time-sensitive type?  Given the state of CD sales I would venture to say that a CD reissue of this material is not financially viable.  If the family owns the rights they can spend the money on trying to reissue it on Bandcamp but if they are the source for the Amazon D'L then it surely looks like they have made their economically viable choice.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Christmas music is reissued over & over & over again, just like any other music. Just check discogs for how many versions of Guaraldi's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" or Nat King Cole's "A Christmas Song" have been reissued. Even lesser-known titles like Scott Hamilton's "Christmas Love Song" has been reissued as "Late Night Christmas Eve".